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Mary Shelley
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English writer (1797–1851)

Also known as: Mary Godwin, Mary W. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft-Shelley, Мэри Шелли, ماري شيلي

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Known works

  • Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (2006)
  • The Evil Image
  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818 text)
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula omnibus (1994)
  • Mary Shelley's Plays